Appendix:Anglo-Norman spellings

Anglo-Norman is a dialect of Old French that developed in what is now the United Kingdom after the Normans invaded. While it remained extremely similar to continental Old French, over the centuries, certain spelling differences arose.

Anglo-Norman retained some features of Latin that were lost in standard continental Old French (OF). For example Latin rēgālis(“regal”) gave OF roial and Anglo-Norman reial. See the table below for more examples.

Generally speaking, -oi- in OF becomes -ei- in Anglo-Norman. This also applies to conjugated forms. -o- becomes -u- in words like encuntrer, which itself later becomes encountrer